Close Up: Tuesday, January 24

Published: 5:58PM Tuesday January 24, 2012 Source: Close Up

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Child abuse - how can it be tackled?

There were more than 150,000 reports of suspected child abuse made to Child, Youth and Family.

Tonight Close Up has two stories - the first from Jehan Casinader, the second from Matt McLean - that raise real concerns about the frontline response to the problem.

Joining Close Up from Child, Youth and Family to discuss the issue is chief social worker Paul Nixon.

Massive response to chatroom investigation

Our story last night on men trying to meet underage girls for sex provoked a huge response.

Reporter Gill Higgins is in the studio to reveal some of the reaction, and explain what else we're looking into .

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